In the morning of 12 October 2002, in the very center of Kyiv, some men attacked MP Vladimir Sivkovich, journalist Andrey Kudin, a people deputy of the Pecherskiy district of Kyiv, and well-known businessman Konstantin Grigorishin, a Russian citizen and the president of the joint Ukrainian-Russian enterprise „Energostandard group“. The attackers appeared to be officers of the Directorate for fighting organized crime, of the Pecherskiy district militia precinct and of the special militia troop „Sokol“. | detail

The number of capital sentences doubled in 2001 in comparison with previous years. This statistics is quoted in the recently published report of the human rights protection organization „Amnesty International“. | detail

The Agency of authors and related rights of Ukraine introduced the system of monitoring TV and radio programs. It is expected that these measures will prevent the use of non-licensed products. | detail

The Center of innovations and development is criticized for the attempt of taking money for its informational services. Both morally and legally an NGO should abstain from such activities. Some advice is given how to get such information gratis. | detail

Representatives of the Ukrainian intelligentsia demand maximum objectivity of the court trying the participants of the events of 9 March in Kyiv. They also demand to call, as a precedent, a jury to this end. | detail

Ukraine got into the list of 47 countries that, according to the definition of the US State Department, do not satisfy the minimal standards prohibiting trading in people as the American law demands. | detail

On 10 July the UNO Program of Development distributed the results of a consecutive investigation Reports on mans development in 2001. In this list Ukraine occupies the 74th place out of 160 countries. The similar data are given for other former USSR republics. | detail